Goan Sorpotel

Name: Goan Sorpotel
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 inch/2.5 cm piece of fresh gingerroot, peeled; 10 garlic cloves, peeled; 1 pig’s heart; 1 pig’s liver; 2 lb 4 oz/1 kg boneless pork (leg or shoulder); 6 fresh green chiles, deseeded and finely chopped; 12 dried red chiles; 8 cloves; 2 cinnamon sticks; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 pig’s kidneys; 10 black peppercorns; salt; vegetable oil, for frying; 4 red onions, peeled and finely chopped; 2/3 cup red wine vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's Great Curries

By Keith Floyd

Published 2004

About

This is a very substantial, peasant-type dish that is highly spiced, but the addition of offal does make it very flavorsome.

Ingredients

2 lb 4 oz/1 kg boneless pork (leg or shoulder)

Asia
India
Goa
Main course
Stew
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Put all the meats in a large pan, then cover with water and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until partially cooked. Remove from the pan and dice finely. Reserve the cooking liquid.

Put all the spices and the dried red chiles, garlic, ginger, and vinegar into a food processor and whiz until you have a fine paste.

Heat some vegetable oil in a large pan and gently cook all the meat